Deaths in the 1910s
16,000+ memorials
Camille Pelletan
1846–1915 (age 69)
Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise
French politician who served during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Georges de Peyrebrune
1841–1917 (age 76)
Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise
Georges de Peyrebrune was a novelist who portrayed provincial life and the inner worlds of women with compassionate clar...
Harry Fragson
1869–1913 (age 44)
Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise
British-French actor and entertainer popular in early 20th-century Europe.
Jean Beauduin
1851–1916 (age 65)
Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise
Jean Beauduin was a painter who blended academic discipline with luminous color to capture landscapes and portraits.
Marcel Hébert
1851–1916 (age 65)
Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise
Marcel Hébert was a French philosopher of the late 19th century.
Marie van Zandt
1858–1919 (age 61)
Crématorium-columbarium du Père-Lachaise
Marie van Zandt was an American opera soprano who lived from 1858 to 1919 and died in New York City.
George Prowse
1886–1918 (age 32)
Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt
George Prowse was a military personnel who served during the First World War.
Harry Miner
1891–1918 (age 27)
Crouy British Cemetery
Harry Miner was a Canadian soldier whose courage earned him the Victoria Cross during the First World War.
Les Rogers
1896–1916 (age 20)
Serre Road Cemetery No.2
Les Rogers was an Australian rules football player who died during the First World War.
James Edward Tait
1888–1918 (age 30)
Fouquescourt British Cemetery
James Edward Tait was a Canadian officer whose valor under fire won him the Victoria Cross in the First World War.
John McCrae
1872–1918 (age 46)
Wimereux Communal Cemetery
John McCrae was a Canadian physician whose legacy extends beyond his medical practice.
Ernest Farrar
1885–1918 (age 33)
Ronssoy Communal Cemetery, Commonwealth Plot
Ernest Farrar was a composer and organist whose lyrical works expressed pastoral serenity before his life ended in the F...
James Hargreaves Morton
1881–1918 (age 37)
Pont-sur-Sambre Communal Cemetery
James Hargreaves Morton was a painter whose career was interrupted by the First World War.
Gilbert Burrell Spencer Follett
1878–1918 (age 40)
Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery
Gilbert Burrell Spencer Follett was an officer remembered for his calm leadership and dedication during the First World ...
Jim Farnan
1875–1916 (age 41)
Pozieres British Cemetery
Jim Farnan was an Australian rules football player who died in the First World War.
Geoffrey Watkins Smith
1881–1916 (age 35)
Pozieres British Cemetery
Geoffrey Watkins Smith was a zoologist whose curiosity about the natural world closed in service during the First World ...
Robert Stansfield
1883–1918 (age 35)
Pozieres British Cemetery
Robert Stansfield was a soldier who served and died during the First World War.
Richard Travis
1884–1918 (age 34)
Couin New British Cemetery
Richard Travis was a New Zealand soldier whose steadfast bravery shone during the First World War.
Arthur French, 5th Baron de Freyne
1879–1915 (age 36)
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
Arthur French, 5th Baron de Freyne, was a military officer who died in the First World War.
George Philip French
1890–1915 (age 25)
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
George Philip French was a soldier whose courageous service in the First World War is honored at Cabaret-Rouge British C...
Keith Anthony Stewart
1894–1915 (age 21)
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
Keith Anthony Stewart was a British serviceman who died in 1915 at age 21 during World War I and was buried at Cabaret-R...
Harold Charles Norman Taylor
1892–1916 (age 24)
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery
Harold Charles Norman Taylor was a Londoner who served in World War I and died in 1916 at age 24, buried at Cabaret-Roug...
Rogatien-Joseph Martin
1849–1912 (age 63)
Calvary Cemetery
Rogatien-Joseph Martin was a French resident of Geneston who lived from 1849 to 1912 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery ...
Alexander Buckley
1891–1918 (age 27)
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
Alexander Buckley was an Australian from Gulargambone who died in 1918 at age 27 during World War I and was buried at Pe...
George Augustus Stewart Cape
1867–1918 (age 51)
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension
George Augustus Stewart Cape was a British serviceman who died in 1918 at age 51 during World War I and was buried at Pe...
George Edward Gascoyne-Cecil
1895–1914 (age 19)
Guards Grave, Villers-Cotterets Forest Cemetery
George Edward Gascoyne-Cecil was a British aristocrat and soldier who died in 1914 at age 19 during World War I and was ...
Harry Stanley Toppin
1874–1914 (age 40)
La Ferté-sous-Jouarre memorial
Harry Stanley Toppin was a British officer who died in 1914 at age 40 during World War I and is commemorated at La Fert�...
Roy Fazan
1891–1915 (age 24)
Le Touret Memorial
Roy Fazan was a British serviceman from Wadhurst who died in 1915 at age 24 during World War I and is commemorated at Le...
Louise de Bettignies
1880–1918 (age 38)
Cimetière central de Saint-Amand-les-Eaux
Louise de Bettignies was a French World War I spy and resistance fighter from Saint-Amand-les-Eaux who died in 1918 at a...
H.D. Harvey-Kelly
1891–1917 (age 26)
Brown's Copse Cemetery
H.D. Harvey-Kelly was an Irish aviator from Roscommon who died in 1917 at age 26 during World War I and was buried at Br...
William Herbert Anderson
1881–1918 (age 37)
Peronne Road Cemetery
William Herbert Anderson was a Scottish serviceman from Glasgow who died in 1918 at age 37 during World War I and was bu...
Lumley Jones
1876–1918 (age 42)
Bagneux British Cemetery
Lumley Jones was a Welsh serviceman from Llandyssil who died in 1918 at age 42 during World War I and was buried at Bagn...
John Edward Keys
1888–1916 (age 28)
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery
British machine gunner who died in service in 1916 during the First World War.
Frederick Golightly
1890–1916 (age 26)
Authuile Military Cemetery
Reinhard Sorge
1892–1916 (age 24)
Vermandovillers German Military Cemetery
German poet whose literary talents were lost when he died in service in 1916.
Alfred Lichtenstein
1889–1914 (age 25)
Vermandovillers German Military Cemetery
Theodore Wright
1883–1914 (age 31)
Vailly British Cemetery
Military personnel who died in service in 1914 during the First World War.
Neil Douglas Findlay
1859–1914 (age 55)
Vailly British Cemetery
Aimé Delarue
1857–1914 (age 57)
Cimetière de La Madeleine d'Amiens
French architect whose designs contributed to the architectural heritage of France.
Edmond Soyez
1839–1917 (age 78)
Cimetière de La Madeleine d'Amiens
Leonard Nield Cook
1896–1917 (age 21)
Fifteen Ravine British Cemetery
British military officer who died in service in 1917 during the First World War.
Bertram Denison
1883–1914 (age 31)
Le Cateau Communal Cemetery, Commonwealth Plot
Young soldier Bertram Denison fell in 1914 and is honored at Le Cateau Communal Cemetery.
Alice Hoschedé
1844–1911 (age 67)
Giverny Churchyard
French art model whose work contributed to the artistic heritage of nineteenth-century France.
Joseph Gallieni
1849–1916 (age 67)
Alphonse-Karr cemetery
General Joseph Gallieni, who steadied France in the early months of the war, rests at Alphonse-Karr cemetery.
Marcel Serret
1867–1916 (age 49)
Moosch National Cemetery
Marcel Serret was a French military officer who served and died during World War I.
Anatole Bienaimé
1848–1911 (age 63)
Cimetière Saint-Acheul d'Amiens
Architect Anatole Bienaimé shaped Amiens's civic architecture and is commemorated at Cimetière Saint-Acheul d'Amiens.
Joseph Ferdinand Belmont
1890–1915 (age 25)
Moosch National Cemetery
Joseph Ferdinand Belmont was a French military officer who died in World War I in 1915.
Maurice Ephrussi
1849–1916 (age 67)
Château de Reux
Banker Maurice Ephrussi balanced financial stewardship with cultural generosity and lies at Château de Reux.
Louis Hennequin
1869–1916 (age 47)
Moosch National Cemetery
Louis Hennequin was a French military historian who lived from 1869 to 1916.
Marie Toulmouche
1836–1917 (age 81)
Miséricorde cemetery
Painter Marie Toulmouche captured scenes of quiet grace and rests at Miséricorde cemetery.